There are two standout stars in “Anastasia,” which opened in its Southern California premiere at Vista’s Moonlight Amphitheatre on Wednesday. One is fast-rising San Diego theater performer Lena Ceja, ...

A new show at Washington’s Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens delivers an exquisite look at Princess Natalie Paley.

“Jelena was always the soul of our family in Paris. Although she lost everything in Russia, she never spoke of revenge. She ...

The Vladimir Tiara Originally created for Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, the Vladimir Tiara features interchanging ...

HISTORYFor several centuries - especially from the 16th to the early 20th century - Europe’s royal families were deeply ...

A new exhibition spotlights Natalia Pavlovna Paley, the granddaughter of a czar. She built a new life for herself in France and the U.S., appearing in films and on the pages of glossy magazines ...

Eugenia Smetisko, who lived in Newport from 1971 to her death in 1997, claimed to be the Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov, seen in the portrait at right.

Instead, Smith is considered to be one of several Romanov impersonators who claimed to be Anastasia in the decades following the royal family’s execution, capitalizing on rampant speculation at ...

A cased gold pocket watch with chain once owned by Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich (1857-1905) Grand Duke of Russia, son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Governor-General of Moscow from 1891-1905.

Grigori Rasputin was born a peasant but later became advisor to the Russian royal family. Here's why they trusted him and why he was killed.